CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, 9 APRIL 1788

respectfully to recommend to your support and choice the following
Persons, as
Delegates to the Convention,
JOHN JAY,
RICHARD MORRIS,
ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON,
JOHN SLOSS HOBART,
JAMES DUANE,
ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
RICHARD HARRISON,
ISAAC ROSEVELT,
NICHOLAS LOW.
As Members of the Senate,
ISAAC ROSEVELT,
EZRA L'HOMMEDIEU,
PAUL MICHEAU,
As Members of the Assembly,2
COMFORT SANDS,
WILLIAM GILBERT,
ALEXANDER MACOMB,
NICHOLAS HOFFMAN,
BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON,
GULIAN VERPLANK,
NICHOLAS LOW,
RICHARD HARRISON,
JOHN WATTS, Jun.
In the nomination of Persons to be deputed to the Convention, no
Difficulty occurred. We flatter ourselves the Characters proposed will
unite the Suffrages of all those who sincerely have at Heart "That which
appears to be the greatest Interest of every true American, the Con-
solidation of our Union, in which is involved our Prosperity, Felicity,
Safety, perhaps our NATIONAL EXISTENCE."-
In the determination on Members of the Senate and Assembly, some
Embarrassments have been experienced. The Distance at which the
Legislature are next to meet,4 calls for a Sacrifice on the part of those
who may be Elected in this City and County, which few have it in their
Power to make. To fix upon Persons qualified for the Station, and pos-
sessed of the Public Confidence, who were at the same Time in a Sit-
uation to be able to Serve, was a Task of some Difficulty. We shall be

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